'Not just another statistic': Former Inquirer correspondent killed

(CNN Philippines) — Melinda Magsino, a former correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, refused to be another statistic. But on Monday (April 13) she got into the list of murdered journalists in the Philippines.

Magsino was on her way to buy an electric fan and was not far from her apartment when a male gunman approached and shot her at close range in broad daylight, the Inquirer reported.

Police said the gunman then escaped onboard a black-and-white Honda motorcycle driven by an accomplice.

‘Hard-hitting’

News of her death, which was posted by journalist Ed Lingao, showed a girl sitting in what seems to be a salon. She was all made up, her hair curled and colored, and she was smiling.

Former PCIJ contributor and former Inquirer correspondent Mei Magsino was shot dead at noon today. Rest in peace, Mei...